[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done":3,"chapter-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-227":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","National Guardian's Gone and We're Done",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1743920,2228,"Chapter 227 - 226: I’ll Also Make You Regret Being a Woman","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-227",227,"\u003Cp>\"No, this can’t be real, can it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Chaoyu was completely stunned by the scene unfolding inside the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl was so young—she looked like she might not even be an adult yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with that sweet face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was hard to connect her to such a bizarre incident involving the Papermen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I had such an adorable sister,’ Qi Chaoyu thought, ’I’d treat her like the apple of my eye and dote on her endlessly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone would become utterly devoted to a sister like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, neither Chu He nor Yumizakura responded to his question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They simply watched quietly as the situation inside the villa unfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the villa,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>several sheets of Yellow Paper floated beneath the girl’s feet. Her body seemed weightless as she stood barefoot upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her feet were perfection itself. The arches of her insteps were graceful and flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her toes looked as if a master artisan had meticulously carved them from the finest white jade, and her skin was as smooth as silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one thing was exceedingly strange: her entire body had a texture remarkably similar to the Yellow Paper,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yet she was so lifelike it was baffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That girl’s name is Gao Liceng. I once presented her with an award myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the day she enrolled, she’s placed first in the annual assessment every single year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could say she is the most talented and outstanding student in the entire history of the Huamen Martial Arts Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I never, ever imagined that the true culprit behind the Paperman incident would be Gao Liceng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Haibo’s eyes narrowed, his expression unsettled as he spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There was something else I couldn’t understand. Every student has to give their all during the assessment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she possessed some Mysterious Power, there’s no way she could have hidden it from the examiners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gao Liceng has never shown any anomalies in any of the yearly assessments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That leaves only one possibility: Gao Liceng only recently gained control of this Mysterious Power involving paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could she possess such immense strength after controlling this power for such a short time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that Gao Liceng isn’t just exceptionally talented in Martial Arts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but that she also possesses extraordinary potential when it comes to Mysterious Power?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Martial Arts Academy cultivated you, and this is how you repay us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiucheng demanded, staring at Gao Liceng with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivated me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t you think that’s a huge joke, coming from you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Liceng retorted with a contemptuous smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re just an ungrateful wretch. I should have had my father sell you off long ago, sold you to the filthiest brothel,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to be a plaything for those greasy, pot-bellied men, trapped for the rest of your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiucheng cursed, her voice filled with venom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You see? A few simple words are all it takes to reveal your true nature—one worse than any animal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I came here today to deliver justice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dim, oppressive atmosphere, Gao Liceng’s every movement was captivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly raised her hands, her fingers like sculpted snow. Her fingertips glowed with a faint silver light, looking all the more mysterious in the dim, yellow glow of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following a nearly inaudible hum, her fingers crooked in a near-provocative gesture,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and she beckoned lightly toward Huang Qiucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, a strange ripple disturbed the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, rings of pale yellow light began to emerge from the edges of Huang Qiucheng’s skin,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like the first rays of dawn, yet they carried an undeniable and ominous strangeness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights danced and trembled across the surface of her skin, moving as if they were alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They twisted and warped, finally coalescing into sheets of ancient, yellowed paper with uneven edges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheets of Yellow Paper seemed to come to life, circling and dancing in the air before adhering themselves to Huang Qiucheng’s body with an irresistible force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each piece of paper felt like a cold, sharp blade, piercing through her clothes to the skin beneath and bringing with it an unprecedented, bone-chilling cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold was absolute, as if drawn from the springs of the deepest abyss,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>instantly seeping into every inch of Huang Qiucheng’s flesh and making her body tremble uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more terrifying, the cold didn’t just linger on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if alive, it seeped through her pores, her blood vessels, even the very cracks in her bones, threatening to freeze her entire being in its eternal, eerie chill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiucheng’s breaths grew ragged and difficult. The blood in her veins seemed to slow, as if about to turn to frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very air around them seemed to congeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that remained was the faint rustle of the Yellow Paper as it stuck to her skin and the low moans escaping Huang Qiucheng’s lips from the biting cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Courting death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gao Liceng dare to attack his own daughter right in front of him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Haibo was filled with such rage that he let out a cold sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movement was startlingly abrupt. His palm slammed into Huang Qiucheng’s back like a sledgehammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an instant, the very air seemed to tremble from the force of the blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his palm struck, a series of bizarre, grayish-brown Hand Seals appeared on Huang Qiucheng’s skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Hand Seals varied in depth, their edges blurry and indistinct,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>like spectral marks appearing in the dead of night, utterly chilling to behold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if some unseen, mysterious entity was leaving indelible marks upon Huang Qiucheng’s body in a most unnatural way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was as if a slumbering beast had awoken within Huang Qiucheng’s body. A Mysterious Power—just as cold, yet brimming with vigorous Life Force—erupted from within her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This power was like a living current within a frozen stream;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>though still bone-chilling, it carried a bizarre Life Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It surged wildly, clashing violently with the Yellow Paper that clung to her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yellow Paper was battered by this power as if caught in an irresistible storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sheet after sheet was violently torn to shreds, the pieces scattering in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scent blending the ancient with the putrid filled the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the grayish-brown Hand Seals spread across Huang Qiucheng’s body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her body seemed to be undergoing a startling metamorphosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With every new Hand Seal that appeared, more of the Yellow Paper was mercilessly stripped away by the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were torn away,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the sheets of Yellow Paper seemed to emit faint, desperate wails before drifting limply to the floor,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and crumbling into useless scraps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiucheng trembled uncontrollably throughout the ordeal, a shudder born of both terror and relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But more than anything, it was the desperate, thankful gasp for freedom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the very last piece of Yellow Paper was stripped away, Huang Qiucheng could finally take a deep breath, and she gave a violent shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was her body’s natural reaction to the extreme duress, a physical release for the terror her soul had just endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of survival flickered in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You worthless bastard. If my father hadn’t been so soft-hearted back then\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and just sold you to those men to be their plaything, none of this would have ever happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, when I get my hands on you,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll make you regret you were ever born, and I’ll make you regret being born a girl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiucheng snarled, rubbing her arms nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack. Kill her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Haibo said nothing more, simply issuing the command toward a certain corner of the villa.\u003C\u002Fp>",1257,"2026-06-06T16:46:32.086Z",1,"novelbin.me","dbbcec47734bc949e37597060312f97823e95c16d9a3dd63d4adc522694b029e","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-178","national-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-chapter-177",274,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnational-guardian-s-gone-and-we-re-done-cover.jpg"]